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The right to choose the right to choose : Comments
By Natasha Stott Despoja, published 29/9/2005Natasha Stott Despoja argues pregnancy counsellors who won't refer for terminations should advertise the fact.
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So are you saying we should be able to euthanase post natal non-persons & experiment on them?
As far as no immediate alternative care giver to a fetus ok fine but that means any caregiver who cannot get immediate alternative care can kill their non-person. If you use the ‘I cannot give them up’ rationale then that is another reason to kill them. One also wonders what this says for any situation were a person suffers by caring for a non-person ie lost , injured, disaster zone etc & has to wait until an alternative carer can arrive , are you happy that we allow them to die or in fact kill them to save ourselves distress? To make matters worse you actually caused that non-person to be in that predicament but to you there is no responsibility or obligation for doing so.
Our difference could be explained –if you are consistent of allowing the use of non-person post natals – is the prioritizing of our values. To me the value of a human life & taking responsibility for actions –however detrimental personally- willingly entered into takes precedence of any suffering caused to your body. Just because pregnancy is the suffering encountered by the woman & not the man does not excuse it.
What you are saying is if I suffer from the consequence of an action I knew & willingly took part in, if that involves a human non-person I can end any potential suffering by taking its life. Consistently apply it to all situations ie post natal non-persons or otherwise you are morally inconsistent.
BTW it seemed Denny’s post made Natasha’s seem superfluous
Not sure on your General Anaesthetic it’s a logical call to make but whether it is factually true I don’t know.
Anyway I’m falling behind in work thank you for the manner you have debated I’ll give you the last say